I'll tell ya, I'm a stress eater. I know it. I've talked about it for awhile. I stress... I eat. I eat... and I stress... then I eat more. A little weight gain? No stress there. *note the sarcasm*
A couple of weeks ago I decided to do something about it. Not that anyone around me can tell... but I'm telling ya! lol I'm doing something about it and I'm happy with my results. However, please, please, please don't judge me or say anything about it when you see me. Oh and if ya happen to see me sitting around the campfire eating a dozen cookies all by myself. I'm okay. Really. I'm just stressed. You might say a prayer... but keep that to yourself.
Okay, so about 10 days ago Andrea invited me to join sparkpeople.com. I thought, okay,  I'm doing something about losing the excess weight, so why not check this out. Well... I'm glad I did.
I'm finding all sorts of goodies on the website, and it's all free! I like free...
- food journal
- weight loss ticker
- calorie counter
- exercise calories burned calculator
- support forums
- blog - although I'm not blogging much on the site, since I have already started fatblogging elsewhere
- spark pages - share as much or as little info as you like. Post goals, share favorites, link to friends, post before and after photos, etc...
- articles about weight loss, motivation, exercise, health, etc...
- a complete exercise program - with videos!
I'm finding it to be a useful tool in my weight loss. At first I thought it was hard to navigate, but now I'm getting use to the layout. I'm glad for the invite. I'm glad to be connected with Andrea... and see she's losing a few of her baby fat pounds too.
So what have I been doing about my weight?
- First of all I'm a fatblogger... I'm writing about it. I'm writing about it so that I'm accountable to someone... in this case, several someones lol Â
- I'm getting up and moving. Well the first week of that and I saw a 7 lb drop in weight. Seven pounds! I was like... wow. Just from getting up and getting some exercise? Imagine if I watched what I ate.
- Saturday I purchased The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution
 by Dr. Phil McGraw. I just made time to sit down and start reading it this morning. I'm excited to get going on this! I have the tools... the book, my five minutes for me plan, and the sparkpeople.com website, I'm excited!
If you want to know my sparkpeople name, you can send me an email or leave me a comment with your email address... then look for the email from me. BTW, I get points if you sign up under me. What do the points do? I'm not sure... maybe it's just motivation.
I'm not sure how this upcoming weekend is going to be. I have no doubt I'll get the exercise in, but as far as dieting? Hmmm.... I have serious doubts.Â
Anyway, I'm posting here... basically so I'm not only accountable to my fellow fat bloggers and family, but to my friends. Let's just let you be part of my motivation, along with my family.
6 comments:
Congratulations on your decision! I too am a stress eater. I have had a lot to stress about for the last couple of years, but have worked SO hard not to put on weight. I have actually lost some, but it has been a discouraging battle. When the hard stressfull times hit I still just want to eat.
Thanks Gale! I know exactly what you are talking about! Good for you on being able to lose some. I'm learning to find distractions, other than food, when I'm stressed. I enjoy my little flower gardens, so that's been a good distraction. I don't really want to get my hands near food after I've been working in compost LOL yuk.
I can tell ya, it's helped me to keep a food journal too. I write down everything... what I ate, what I was feeling when I ate it. Why I ate... was it dinner time? Or was it just something to do? Anyway, the food diary has helped me.
Again, thanks!
Hi Cyndi, I joined sparkpeople.com a while back, and it is very informative. I just need to get in there and make use of all the tools they give you. =) Keep it up, it sounds like you are definetly motivated!
Hi Anonymous! Wish I knew who you were... but thanks for the encouragement! There are great tools! All those tools make it easier to keep track of the things I need to keep track of. Pretty cool. Thanks again for the encouragement!
OOPs...I guess I just assumed when I posted, it would have my name...:( I guess that's what I get for not paying more attention, huh? Oh well, yeh, I found some good recipes on there ( spark) too.
Hey Carol! It's fun to see you online! Thanks for letting me know who you are!
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